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Fairchild: Seven management practices to raise healthy chicks

sspiegel0120@gmail.com on June 4, 2025

What are the top priorities when it comes to poultry management? Brian Fairchild, PhD, professor and Extension poultry specialist at the University of Georgia, discussed his top seven considerations for effective poultry management during a recent Poultry Science Association webinar.

Dark periods positively impact broiler chick performance parameters

sspiegel0120@gmail.com on October 20, 2024

Providing chicks a dark period from the time of placement in the broiler house is practical and affordable for broiler producers and has no apparent negative effects on broiler performance, according to research conducted by Garret Ashabranner, PhD; Brian Fairchild, PhD; and Michael Czarick, engineer at the University of Georgia.

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